If there’s one common theme in these 21 revelations from parents who chose to put their babies up for adoption, it’s that the decision is never simple. These honest confessions reveal a combination of sadness, fear, confidence, regret, satisfaction and guilt, as well as the reality that the child is never far from the biological parent’s mind. The confessions were made on the secret-sharing app Whisper, an online outlet for brutal honesty.

And if you’ve ever felt like the price of an iPhone isn’t worth it, that too may depend on where you live.

Jon and Kate Gosselin celebrated New Year's Eve together, ringing in 1999, the year they tied the knot. The pair met at a picnic in the fall of 1997, and Kate was attracted to her future husband because "he seemed very put together," she has said. "And of course he was very good looking." And Jon's take? "Everything clicked. It sort of felt together like it never felt before," he has said. "This time was different."

Big Macs cost 11 minutes across the U.S. and just a few minutes more in Montreal and Toronto, but cost an hour and change in Mexico City. The iPhone requires less work for New Yorkers by a few hours compared with workers in other U.S. cities, and there’s a bit more labor that goes into getting one in Canada: It takes roughly 35 hours—or almost a full work week—to afford one in Montreal or Toronto.

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